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Secure Connection to Your Windows XP Pro Computer Anytime, Anywhere

Secure Connection to Your Windows XP Pro Computer Anytime, Anywhere. Present by Vuong Phung Operating Systems Administrator for The CATS 2005 Conference Network & Computer Service Center (NCS) College of Science – San Jos é State University. Why?.

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Secure Connection to Your Windows XP Pro Computer Anytime, Anywhere

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  1. Secure Connection to Your Windows XP Pro Computer Anytime, Anywhere Present by Vuong Phung Operating Systems Administrator for The CATS 2005 Conference Network & Computer Service Center (NCS) College of Science – San José State University

  2. Why? • Access to your computer anytime from anywhere (where Internet connection is available) • Transfer files or copy and paste documents between two computers • Print to a local printer • Better than TightVNC/VNC • Cost $0 • Secure • Easy to implement

  3. One of the Working Scenario SSH Server Internet 1. SSH tunnel connection 2. RD connection XP Pro SP2 Campus Network Windows/Mac OS X/*NIX

  4. One XP Pro SP 2 computer One static IP address One SSH account on the network where this computer resides I will refer to this computer as the XP Pro computer A Windows 95/98/Me/ NT/2000/XP/Mac OS X/ *NIX computer A free Remote Desktop Connection software for non-XP computer A free Putty SSH client software for Windows I will refer to this computer as the Remote computer Requirement

  5. Action Overview • Gather information and write it down • Configure the XP Pro computer • Configure the Remote computer • Attempt to make the first remote desktop connection • Make the connection even more secure

  6. Gather Information • The static IP address of the XP Pro computer • The static IP address/DNS name of the SSH server that you will connect to • The SSH account username and password

  7. Configure the XP Pro Computer • Update and patch Windows • Verify to make sure it has a static IP address • Turn on the Remote Desktop option and allow at least one remote user • Turn off the XP firewall • Verify that port 3389 is listening

  8. Configure the Remote Computer • Update and patch Windows • Download and install Remote Desktop Connection for non-Windows XP computer • Download and install DigestIT 2004 software • Download and verify Putty software • Configure Putty software (Mac OSX and *NIX uses built-in SSH command)

  9. Attempt the First RD Connection On the Remote computer • Use the Putty software to connect to the SSH server and logon with the provided username and password (Mac OSX and *NIX uses ssh –2 –L 3388:your-XP-Pro-IP:3389username@your-SSH-server) • Use the Remote Desktop Connection software to connect to “localhost:3388” • Logon to the XP Pro computer for the first time

  10. Secure the Connection Further On the XP Pro computer • Change the default listening port 3389 to another port • Turn on the XP firewall • Set the XP firewall to accept only the remote desktop connection traffic from the SSH server

  11. Resources How To on my website http://ncs.science.sjsu.edu/vphung/index.php?How_To Microsoft website Remote Desktop Connection software for Windows and Mac OS X http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/tools/rdclientdl.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=remotedesktopclient How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306759/EN-US/ SSHWindows website To run your own SSH server on your Windows XP Pro computer http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/

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